| Home Service URL |
http://storage.mygrid.asia is the home web services URL of the Aspen Cloud Storage. |
| Grid |
Grid is regarded as a basic unit of storage location. e.g. Hong Kong PCCW data center is a single grid. Hong Kong NTT data center is other grid. Link up different grid in different countries to form global storage.
Regard Grid as a storage location.
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| Box |
It is just like a folder which includes all uploaded files. Each box should relate to one grid. No box can relate more than one grid.
Once creation of box, it should specify the Grid belonged to. After assign, can't be changed.
The aim of box is to decide the storage grid. i.e. the file storage location.
e.g. http://fruit.s.mygrid.asia/ (fruit is the box name)
http://game.s.mygrid.asia/tvgame.jpg (game is the box name)
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| File |
No folder concept in Aspen Cloud Storage but it allows slash (/) file name.
Each file must be under a box.
e.g. http://game.domain.com/tvgame.jpg
(Game is box name and tvgame.jpg is file name)
http://game.domain.com/world/japan/tvgame.jpg
(world/japan/tvgame.jpg is file name)
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| Access ID |
It is a global unique ID for each user a/c. It is system generated and can't be changed.
Once user registers in portal, it will be generated.
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| Secret Access Key |
It is a global unique key for signature generation. This key is secret except of owner. Don't share this key to other people.
It can be regenerated by owner via web management page.
Use this key to generate resource signature for authorization.
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| ACL |
Access control list (ACL) which record 3 access rights supported in Aspen Cloud Storage.
i.e. Owner Only, Public Full Control, Public Read Only.
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| REST http Method |
In Aspen Cloud Storage, some http methods are supported. i.e. PUT, GET, DELETE
PUT - creation of box or upload of file
DELETE - deletion of box and file
GET – get the resources information or download/display of the resources.
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